Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-28
GATHERING AGAIN.


The Nation's Ex-Soldiers Once More
Assembling In Annual Encampmsns.
st. Louis, Sept. 26-The sky at day
break was obscnred by heavy clouds
and toward O'Clock misty, penetrat-
ing rain, which promised to continue
throughout the day, began to fall. It.
was anything but an;auspicious opening
OF encampment week, and for a time the
executive committee of arrangements
were inclined to be triHe put out Of
the vagaries OF old probs; but the yeter.
ans didn't seem to mind it bit, and the
New York iremen, who have been hay
ing decidedly lively time OF it since
their arrival last evening, bade defiance
to tine elements by maKIng long street
parade escorted by the local fremen and
battalion OF police. Ooppa's band was
ut their head and the old Gotham en-
gine in their rear, and as they marched
along, with forms erect, and faces M
turned toward the rain, fhey set an ex-
ample of how to be satisfied with exist-
ing circumstances, favorable or unfayorR-
bic, and had magical effect, and was
tempestuously recognized by the crowds
that lined the streets. Weather per-
hitting, the parade of the Grand Army
tomorrow will be- memorable event in
the hlatory of St. Louis. According to
present indications there will be more
veterans in line than at any previous en-
campment since the organization was
brought into existence, and greater
number of soldiers will be within the
limits of the oity by midnight than
has been gathered ct any one place since
the grand review Rt Washing ton at the
close OF the war. The work OF decorat-
ing the city is about completed and
from the moment that they emerge from
the union depot until their respective
headquarters are reached the spectacle
presented to the arriving delegations is
an enhancing one. ST. Louis has clad
herself in bright hued bunting. Nearly
every building from the business centre
to the outskirts, north and south, east
and west, dnpiays its flags and banners
and there is bewildering profusion oil
such notices as "Weleome to the brave, "
GOO bless our heroer," etc. Along the
principal business streets the decorations
on many OF the large stores and office
buildings are both novel and ornate and
the offer Of a prize by the executive
committee for the most handsome and
unique decoration. on any one building
has created quite friendly rivalry
The miles OF streets that are bordered
with iron arches, studded with gas Jets
enclosed in globes OF varied hue, aud the
illuminated arches are almost without
number. The main triuImphal arches
have been erected at the intersection ol
4 18th and Olive streets and near by is the
4 grand stand from which the
parade will be reviewed by the
commander in-chief and inyiteG
guests. Saturday the designs upon ths
arch will be changed, and next weel
it will be made to do service for the re-
ception OF the president. The New
Jersey delegation came in this mornIne
and opened its department headauarter
at the Lindeli. Ex-aov. Hamilton ant
n j. J. Hesly of Chicago also arrived will
an advance contingent @of 100 veteran
from Illinois. At Armory hall the Cali
fornIa delegation has opened an exhibi
OF agricultural products, fruits anl
i wineg from that section, which is al
! tracing large crowds of visitore.4 Pres
headquarters for the correspondents o
outside papers. who are here to wor
rather than to play, have been establish
ed by the local committee in q spaciou
I gallery on the ground floor OF the Soutt
q ern hotel, the the correspondents bein
!, furnished with badges OF oxytiize
silver, representinEa q crossed zen an
9 swosd, pendant from which Is q sasi